BLM Managed Lands at Castle Rocks PERMANENTLY CLOSED TO CLIMBING!! Castle Rocks State Park lands are OPEN TO CLIMBING MORE INFO >>>

The BLM has amended the Cassia Resource Management Plan (RMP) to permanently close the 400 acres of land it manages in the Castle Rocks Interagency Recreation Area to staging, traditional rock climbing, sport climbing and bouldering, as well as overnight camping and development of new trails.

The adjacent Castle Rocks State Park and the National Forest Service land to the north remains OPEN TO CLIMBING, as does the nearby City of Rocks National Reserve.

Arrest and/or hefty fines are likely if caught rock climbing with ropes and gear in the BLM land.

Please respect this closure to ensure access to the open climbing at Castle Rocks is not threatened.

The "Final Supplementary Rules for the Castle Rocks Land Use Plan Amendment Area, Idaho" is located in the Federal Registry. This document gives the details on the closure but doesn't provide a map. You can check it out here: federalregister.gov/documents/...

This information is a public crowdsourcing effort between the Access Fund,
and Mountain Project.You should confirm closures, restrictions, and/or related dates.

This thing is sweet! We linked it with 10b or not 10b above for one long awesome pitch of 10a. You can climb above the chains on Crimson and clip the last bolt and chains of Casltles Made of Sand (the 11c just left of Crimson) and then step right to the first bolt of 10b or not 10b. To do this, you will need 14 draws plus something for the chains at the top. A couple of slings are nice as well to reduce rope drag. Make 2 rappels back to the base. Highly recommended this linkup!